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Quality June 2020

2020 June

Check out the June 2020 edition of Quality: The 2020 State of the Profession Survey, computed tomography, form measurement, surface metrology, the first Ask the Expert column from Quality and much more!

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Features

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Hidden Waviness: When Measuring Roughness Cannot Solve Quality Challenges

Roughness and waviness are dictated by each particular application.
Mike Zecchino Mark Malburg Donald K. Cohen Ph.D.
June 1, 2020
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Specifications for surface texture frequently focus on surface “roughness”—the finer structures in the texture—often to the exclusion of the “waviness”—the larger structure of the texture. Unfortunately, problems related to sealing, vibration, noise, wear, etc., are regularly caused by issues hidden in the waviness domain, which cannot be captured by common roughness specifications.


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Three Manufacturing Trends that Meet the Need for Speed

The business world, including the manufacturing sector, seems to move a little faster every day.
Mike Melzer
June 1, 2020
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For decades, quality, low cost, and on-time delivery have been the primary demands of manufacturing customers. Recently, a new demand has been added to the mix—speed. Customers still want a quality product delivered on-time at a fair price. Only now they want it faster. 


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Columns

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Guest Column
Guest Editorial Column

What's Next?

May the future be bright.
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Michelle Bangert
June 1, 2020
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As graduation season continues without any graduations—or rather, abbreviated ones online along with a cap and gown photo on your front porch—it reminds me of Anne Patchett’s graduation speech turned book, “What Now?”


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Capability Analysis | Solenoid Housing, Diameter | Day to Swing
Ask the Expert

Capability Analysis

This first column will focus on this technique.
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Dr. Sophronia Ward
June 1, 2020
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All quality professionals, regardless of educational background and/or experience, will at times find a need to consult their network of resources to get answers to questions, determine how best to collect and analyze data, or resolve different interpretations of a given analysis. Recognizing this need, Quality is launching a new column entitled “Ask the Expert: An Interactive Q&A Section” with topics that come from readers.


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Other Dimensions

What Kind of Calibration Do You Want?

You want a functional calibration.
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Hill Cox
June 1, 2020
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Typical answers include: cheaper, faster, most accurate, none of which would pass a technical smell test. On reflection, many might say they want calibration to tell them if the item to be calibrated is any good or not while not defining what ‘good’ means from a technical point of view.


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ASQ Virtual

Even now, there is still a need for quality training.
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Jim Spichiger
June 1, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019 and most of 2020 was unprecedented, and like all organizations ASQ was forced to take necessary precautions and make difficult decisions. Sadly this included the cancellation of the World Conference on Quality Improvement (WCQI), which had been scheduled for May 4-6 in Columbus, Ohio


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